“We went on bike rides and hikes and the girls are getting old enough now where they’re not quite teenagers yet, so they still like you, but they are full of opinions and ideas and observations and it’s just a great age.

“Malia just turned 12 and Sasha just turned 9 and it couldn’t have been a better couple of days.”

Why did the president choose to appear on The View? “Look, I was trying to find a show that Michelle actually watched and so I thought this is it, right here,” he told Barbara. “All those new shows she’s like, ‘Eh, let me get the clicker.'”